Macao: Building permits

(measure: building permits, source: Statistics and Census Service of Macao SAR)

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Building permits in Macao, March, 2020:
The data series span the period from Q1 1992 to Q1 2020.
During that time, the average value for Macao was
1145 building permits with a minumum of 5 building permits
in Q3 2001 and a maximum of 7881 building permits in Q1 1994.
The latest number is 19, a change of 137.5% from the previous data point of
8 building permits and a change of 11.76% from a year ago when the level was
17 building permits.

The number of building permits is considered a leading macroeconomic indicator as it typically grows a few months ahead of an economic expansion and declines a few months before an economic slowdown.
See more information about that indicator on our Building permits page.